The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-09-22

| closed hist torical facts may be found in Swim
toms Outlines of the Worlds History, though
| am not aware that the language used is to be
found in amy text book. If you have the space
to spare it iS useful information which it would
require com siderable reading to acquire else
where. Niche to follow if desired.
! Yours truly, GEO. NJ. COLE.
| Monanyo. Dickcy Co., Dakota
We cannot too highly appreciate the value of
| ancient history. We ought to study not only
| the most important events in the history Of
| our race but their effects upon the tendencies
of human thought. The better we understand
the various circumstances which have led to
| our present national institutions. the more
| highly we shall appreciate the privilege of
| living in this advanced age of the world. The
| fist example of national government was
found in the valley of the Nile about 1000 b. c.
| The fertility of the soil enabled the Egyptians
to procure a livelihood by laborng a small
| portion of the time and they had much time to
| spend in the acquisition of knowledge and the
erection of public ediicc>. Each of the five
million people inherited the occupation or po-
| >iion of his father whether priest soldier or
( lower order. This tended to cause personal
! ambition and retard progress. All land was
regarded It. the property Of the king except
That held by priest and ~ acres assigned 10
each soldier. The King received l-5 of the
| plp'Ih'' a. itt!. ] NJ itN fdlIitiN We're DulIt
aheut 243o years H. Z. and required an amount
| OF labor that would he thought impossible in
| these days. Huge blocks of stome sometimes
| weighing 1860 tons, Were dragged hundreds of
miles. Egyptian architecture was massive and
| sublime.
The Egyptians believed in the Immortality
| of the soul and the existence OF an invisible
God. Their idols Were regarded as represen-
tationS of the Deity and became objects of
| worship among the ignorant They believed
| TN. soul Ultiul1tply tn bp tnJ wit
| the body. hence the pains taken to preserve it
| by cmhalniiig. Doubtless the Egyptians pos
>es>ed considerable skill in the fine arts, but
never endorsed the statement of ii lecturer on
the lost arts that IAN Egyptian mummy. if
| permitted to speak to lis, would sneer at the
| clumsy productions of modern skill" Through
'ilSunion, the Egyptians We're conquered and
| ruled over by Arabian shepherds called IIyksos
| from 2GSO to 1525 b. G., when they won their
independence. But they We're conquered by
the Per>ian> under Camby>cr in 525 B. C.. In
}'2 Egypt fell under the dominion of Alex.
andcr the Great, and when he died in :323 b. {.
there was none in Greece strong enough to
take his place. consequently his Empire was
shattered and Ptolemy. one of his generals.
received Egypt As his share of the shattered
Empire. The Greek PtolemieS ruled in Egypt
until Queen Cleopatra was overcome by the
| Romans in 80 b. e.
| Cotrnpprary with the Egyptians We're the
| 'iial,leans who have left the record of Astro.
| iiOlnirt OBSERVATIONS As early rs 2234, B. G.,
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